1. Sri Bhagavan. Tomorrow we will be taking our first deeksha directly from the sri murthi. What is the best way to relate to you and Amma so that deeksha can flow properly and awakening can happen?

It is not a question of just relating to Amma and Bhagavan. We have often said that Oneness is not a cult. Which means you could invoke any master, any teacher, any God and so and so. You could focus on any teaching of your choice and you could follow any ritual. Now, all that we have done is the sri murthis and the padukas are something special. We have done what is called an 'Avahanum' which is a very ancient process by which you move your consciousness into the padukas and the sri murthi. Once that is done, however many copies you make of them, they have the same power. So you've got to use them. That's all.   

Now let us say you were to invoke the teaching of the Lord Jesus Christ and let us say the teaching is 'Loving thy neighbor as thyself.' Then, you've got to chant that teaching for 49 minutes. That becomes the program. When the teaching enters the deeper levels of your consciousness, it programs your consciousness. That is followed by the deeksha. So after chanting the teaching for 49 minutes, whatever teaching you choose, then, you have to invoke Christ in the sri murthi, not AmmaBhagavan and relate to Christ the way Christ expects you to relate to him or the way you have been relating.  If you were to touch the padukas, you must know that you are touching the divine feet of the Lord Jesus Christ. Not of AmmaBhgavan. You touch the sri murthi, you are touching the Lord Jesus Christ. If you're properly focused, you would in fact see the Lord Christ there.

Let us say the teaching you would choose is to love oneself. If you were to say "I love myself, I love myself" for 49 minutes, that is AmmaBhavavan`s teaching in which case you've got to invoke AmmaBhagavan. To invoke AmmaBhagavan, the best way to invoke AmmaBhagavan is either as your parents or as your friends. That is the best way we choose. That's the one in which we are very comfortable. The mother father equation or that of a friend.

Now let us say you were to invoke the Buddha's teaching that all things are empty. In which case you've got to invoke the Buddha and you may have to invoke the Buddha as a teacher and relate to him the way one relates to a teacher. So it depends on you. So you could choose any master, any God, any teaching.

We are of course doing the kind of rituals that we are used to. It does not mean that you have got to do those rituals. You have the freedom to do them. But you could in turn prepare your own rituals depending on your culture and your background. We are only asking that you observe these rituals so that you get the essence out of them and create ultimately your own rituals.  So you should not think just to be merely invoking of AmmaBhagavan, no. You could invoke anyone of your choice. This we have to be very, very clear about. If you were to understand that you must only invoke AmmaBhagavan and only AmmaBhgavan's teachings, only these rituals, then it becomes a cult.  That is why we have been very very  ???  to get it out. So we have been taking all possible precautions and it is your responsibility to see that it does not become a cult.

2. Bhagavan, many charges fall off quickly these days. But there are some that are very deep and do not seem to release easily. They stay with me and cause a lot of hurt no matter how deep I stay with them. Can you please talk about what to do with charges that don't seem to dissolve quickly and seem stuck deeply???.  How can I truly heal them?

First of all, you cannot be free of all charges and one need not be free of all charges to become awakened. But once you become awakened, though the charges are still there, they will not really affect you. The awakened state takes care of that. So I once again repeat.  It is not possible to be completely free of all your charges. Next, you need not be free of all charges to become awakened. And once you are awakened, these charges though they are still there, they are taken care of. Like for example, your conditioning will not leave you. Suppose you were to like apple juice, you would continue to like apple juice after your awakening. That would not change. Your likes and dislikes do continue. The only thing is you would see that there is unconditional love and unconditional joy. There is no differentiation. There, it is the same for everybody. But when it comes to likes and dislikes they continue to remain there, but they do not trouble you any longer.

3. My dearest Kalki Bhagavan. Thank you so much for being here with Amma to give this gift of awakening to all of us. All of us want to see the divine in our life in a major way. And we ask that you fully release miracles and mystical experiences to us. We want to be saturated by the divine and be witness to major miracles as a natural way of life. Please unleash miracles in all forms across the west. Please bring the divine as a living reality to all of us in our hearts and to where we can physically walk and talk with the divine. When can we expect to see miracles like what is happening in India right now?

Once a large number of people move into a devotional mode, you will see, it will be raining miracles. There will only be miracles and miracles.  You've got to show up in a devotional mode for that.

4. Sri Bhagavan, what is the most important thing we as deeksha givers can do on a daily basis  to stay connected with you and Amma and to most powerfully receive your grace and the benediction of awakening? We want to be connected with this grace each and every day, not just during these oneness intensives and retreats.

Yes. Once you have gone through these retreats, you could repeat this back home on a daily basis, weekly basis, or a monthly basis. It all depends on you. But the ideal thing is to do it in the same place, the same time. And then you will find that the process will begin to get deeper and deeper. When it reaches a point where it does not reverse the process is thereafter continuous and for all time. Remember, awakening or enlightenment is not a destination. It is only a journey, it's a process, it's a never ending process. For the process that is initiated here, it might stop, or it might reverse in which case you have to keep doing this back home. As you keep doing it, generally over a period of 3 months, what happens is the process becomes permanent. It's a non-stop, 24 hour, ever-present process. That is when, we would actually declare you awakened.  

But now and then, the process might stop or might reverse in which case you keep doing the process back home. Keep doing it. For some people a matter of three weeks, it becomes permanent and thereafter every moment is new to you. Because it is a process. Every day is new, every moment is new. It never stops thereafter. The process is the awakening. So once it's done today, back home you could repeat it. But the only thing is, it is best to do it same place same time.

5. Sri Bhagavan, what is the role of hands on deeksha during this special time in Oneness? How can we use this tool in the most powerful way to help others to move into states of oneness, awakening and God realization? Do you recommend that we continue to give the deeksha to one another? What can you tell us about how we can best give deeksha to others?

The hands on deeksha is to prepare a person for the paduka deeksha or the sri murthi deeksha. So it has its place, it is important. It is essential. So you must use the hands on deeksha to prepare the person for the paduka deeksha and the sri murthi deeksha. And in case somebody is stuck and is not moving, then also you could use the hands on deeksha to get them moving.

The other thing is those whose hearts have flowered through the process, their deekshas are the best deekshas. So you must focus on having the hearts open up. Once the heart has flowered,  the deekshas become enormously powerful. They make the best deeksha givers.

6. Sri Bhgavan, can you give us full blessings for becoming fully awakened tomorrow as we take the sri murthi deeksha? We are seekers and we want this state and we will ask that you give full blessings that this state should be given to us. Thank you so much Sri Bhagavan.

You will have all our blessings. Amma and I, we love you so much. In fact, when I look at you, I get a strong feeling that most of you will be making it.

I love you.

See you in the process.